5 FullyRaw Best / Easy Vegan Recipes for Beginners

Hey you guys, it's Christina and I'm so happy to have you back in the kitchen with me today because I'm going to be sharing with you my fully raw recipe recommendations for beginners. It has been one of the most frequently asked questions that I've received this month. How do I begin? What are some simple and easy recipes that I can try to start? I also tend to get people who ask me what's cost efficient, what's quick, what's easy, what's not overwhelming, what's nutritious, what's good for me, what's fun, what's kid-friendly, what is all of the above? Now I know I've made several videos about what I've eaten in a day, recipe recommendations for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. This video is a little bit more chill, it's a little bit more down to earth because I really just want to show you how easy this can be. Eating raw doesn't have to be complicated. Eating raw vegan is actually supposed to be easier than any other plan out there. Why? Because it's literally just fruits and vegetables. And know what's not limiting because think about all the different varieties of fruits and vegetables that you can eat throughout the year. There's not just one apple to try, but there's 20 different varieties of apples. There's not just one different type of berry, there's tons of different types of berries out there. So today I'm going to be showing you some really simple and delicious things that you can try at home. Now I'm not telling you to go fully raw. I'm not saying here eat all of this in one day and I'm not saying hey go and do it exactly like this. I'm saying maybe try one fully raw meal a day. I'm saying maybe try one of these recipes and adjust it or modify it to meet your needs so that you can feel good while eating this food as well. This food is color, is life. This is meant to be the food that gives you energy and vitality. Look at the beautiful colors here. How can you not feel alive and excited just when being surrounded by this beauty? If you're new to my channel, welcome. Be sure to hit the subscribe button because there are tons of videos that I have here on my channel and tons more coming fun and delicious tips, tricks, and recipes all based around healthy living and how we can create a healthy community together. And for those of you who like this video, be sure to give it a thumbs up and comment below other questions you may have for me and other videos that you'd like me to make for you. So let's jump right in. If you are brand brand new and you are scared to even start, you don't even know what to do. You just have like an orange and a strawberry in your house and some water. Literally, I recommend the babiest of babiest of step which is actually quite a powerful step is making and drinking your own vitamin water every single morning right when you wake up. You're rehydrating your body. You're kick-starting the detox process for your day. You're getting in hydration from the water and also some vitamins and nutrients from the fruit in your water. You can always eat the fruit after you drink it. Before I go to sleep, I'll cut up an orange, a strawberry, a cucumber, a lemon, fruit, some herbs. I'll put it in a glass jar with some water, some evermore water, and I'll let it sit overnight. That way it's chilled and it's fresh and it's completely infused by the time that I drink it in the morning. If you want a step one, this is it. Get used to doing this every single day. Even if you're scared to try any of the other fully raw recipes that I have, pretty sure this one is going to look pretty good and pretty normal to you. So start off with a vitamin water every day to really kick-start your body into healthy eating, healthy consuming. The next thing that is really easy to do is to make your own juice or smoothie. Now, many people don't have their own juicer. Some people have to save up for that and then you have to learn how to make juices. I'll talk about juicing for beginners in a future video. Most people have a blender where they can do makeshift recipes in their kitchen. And so I always recommend smoothies. Most people don't realize this, but a smoothie is a fully raw vegan meal for the most part, depending on what you put in it. But it's the easiest thing you can make. So for instance, this right here is blackberries, strawberries, bananas, and Sun Warrior vanilla protein powder. Extra things you can add in there would be extra strawberries, coconut water, dates, or cinnamon. And look at this, you have a beautiful, delicious, colorful smoothie. Now, if you could eat one of those every single day, that would be your one raw vegan meal a day. One smoothie that you could have for breakfast, for brunch, for lunch, before or after a workout. It's a great way to refuel your body. It's simple. It's delicious, filled with good carbohydrates and fuel for your body. And this is not difficult. It's not scary. It's not hard. It's good. And it's a smoothie. If a smoothie is too daunting, if you don't have time to blend, if you have to go to work, you're in your car, maybe you don't have time to drink it, you can always monomeal. Now, I know I've made several videos about monomealing, but it is so good to monomeal. Recipe suggestion, one ingredient, literally. You can pick bananas, pineapple. You can do a meal of apples. You can do a meal of oranges. Now, the question is, how much or how many equals one meal? I know this looks like a lot of pineapple, but for me, this is one cut pineapple, one large cut whole pineapple. And this would equal a whole meal for myself. If I were going to be doing apples, let's say these are giant honey crisp apples. I would maybe consume about four to five of these to have this be one monomeal. Now, that ensures that I'm consuming at least 400 to 500 calories for one meal to keep myself fully energized and full enough to make it to the next meal. The goal is not to feel starving every hour. It's to feel full enough to carry you for about three to four hours. I would do the same with oranges. I would eat a whole papaya. If you guys want more information on monomeals, you can look in the description below, and I'll link my previous videos on monomealing for you there. I'm going to show you two more things. I'm going to show you how to make a delicious rainbow salad with so many colors and beautiful ingredients. And I'm going to show you how to make a dressing using no equipment. Five simple seconds to make it, whip it in a bowl, put it on your salad, you're done. I'm also going to show you this delicious recipe right here, which if you've been following my channel for a long time, you guys know that I am a huge fan of zucchini pasta. Something that you can do very easily is get yourself a spiralizer or a mandolin slicer, something that makes your recipes a little bit more enticing to eat, and not just fruits and salads all the time. Zucchini pasta has been one of my favorites, favorites, favorites ever since I went raw, pretty much. And it's been one of the joys of eating this way because it's better than pasta. Using zucchini or cucumber noodles as pasta is more nutritious. It's not a complex carbohydrate. It is literally just fruit. It looks like pasta, tastes better than pasta, it's more nutritious, and it's zucchini zoodles. So the dressing that I've made for this delicious avocado noodle salad, in a blender you can blend avocado, celery, lemon, cilantro or parsley, hemp seeds, and a little bit of Himalayan salt. That's it. Super simple. Once you make your noodles, you can even use a carrot peeler to make your noodles, you have a beautiful pasta dish that looks just like this. So now I'm all hungry for zucchini pasta, but that's okay because I'm going to show you how to make a rainbow salad with an easy, no equipment needed dressing. So as you can see, I have every single color I could find in my kitchen. You can use any ingredient that you like in your own salad. If you don't like something, you don't have to eat it. You can find things that you do love to eat. For me, I personally love kale, so I'm going to go ahead and add some kale into my salad. I'm also going to add in some romaine. I have one head of each chopped up and I'm going to be putting them into this bowl. Now, I know this is a lot. I'm making this for my family, but I typically do recommend huge salads so that you can get in the amount of calories that you need when first starting out. I'm also going to add in some purple cabbage, which is delicious. I love my purple cabbage. It is filled with so many good antioxidants for your system. Oh, purple cabbage is amazing. I'm also going to add in some shredded carrots into this recipe. Look at that. Delicious, delicious. You can add in some cherry tomatoes if you would like some cherry tomatoes. You can even add in some citrus into your salad, some sliced tangerines or little tangelos. These always add so much flavor and color into my salads. And I love adding a little bit of citrus as well because it helps me to digest my food a little bit better. I don't know if that's the case with you guys, but it does. And citrus in this salad is going to go really well with the dressing that I'm about to show you. Next up, if you really want this to be a rainbow salad, go ahead and add in some rainbow bell peppers. You can never go wrong with some rainbow bell peppers. Red, orange, yellow, green, all of the above. Just like make a scene. It's like sprinkling confetti onto your salad. I love it. If you like red cherry tomatoes, you can also add in some yellow cherry tomatoes. You can add in celery for some natural sodium as well. And if you want, you can add in some pomegranate seeds. Always fun to add in some pomegranate seeds. Now for my dressing, I'm going to add in some tahini into a bowl. You can add in two tablespoons, a half a cup, a whole cup, however much you're making for. And I'm going to pour in some lemon juice with the tahini. You can add in a lot more if you'd like. I'm probably going to be doing some makeshift happening here. After that, I'm also going to add in some pink Himalayan salt. After that, I'm going to take a whisking, whisping, whisking, whichever you call it. I'm going to go ahead and mix this together fully. I'm going to continue to do this until it becomes completely creamy. So once you mix the lemon juice and the tahini together, you can add in a little bit of pink Himalayan salt, and you are going to mix it until it becomes completely smooth and creamy, just like it is shown here. How perfect does that look? That looks so good. And it's only three simple ingredients. Doesn't get much better than that. You now have a lemon tahini dressing and a delicious rainbow salad. And if you don't finish your salad or you can't use all your dressing, this dressing will last three to four days in a sealed tight mason jar. And your salad, even if you don't finish it your first night, you can put it in a Tupperware and eat it the next night as well. How delicious does this look? Simple, colorful, and rainbow delicious. Something else that I really want to emphasize is that raw foods are important because they have so much life force in these foods. There's so many nutrients, so many minerals in these foods. I know a lot of people question me all the time, oh my gosh, you only eat raw foods. Don't you think you're going to be lacking in vitamins or minerals? Aren't you going to be nutrient deficient? There are more nutrients in raw foods than in any other foods on the planet. This is the most nutrient-dense diet on the planet. Therefore, I recommend consuming as many raw foods in your day-to-day as you possibly can. It helps you feel alive. So for a morning drink, you can have a fully raw vitamin water to hydrate your body and to feel fresh. For a breakfast, brunch, or lunch idea, I recommend a smoothie of your choice. Bananas, fruits, coconut water, all the above. Enjoy. If that doesn't work for you, you can always try a mono meal. And for dinner or a late brunch, if you want to enjoy a rainbow salad and make your own dressing, you can try that as well. Or if you're looking for a more hearty dinner, you can also try zucchini pasta and make your own dressing as well. I'll be sure to put all the ingredients for these recipes in the description below. And if you're looking to find more raw food recipes, definitely check out some of the other awesome delicious dishes that I've prepared on my YouTube channel here. And be sure to hit the subscribe button because there's only more deliciousness to come. I hope you guys have enjoyed this video. If you found it to be helpful, please be sure to give this video a thumbs up and also leave your recipe recommendations below. I am gonna go and eat this delicious food and I hope that you get to go and do the same. Thank you for joining me. I'll see you in my next video. Sending you all my hugs and my love. Bye.